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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/guides/digital-product-identity-resale",
 "title": "Does Digital Product Identity Make Resale Easier?",
 "description": "See which resale frictions persistent digital identity can reduce, and why it does not prove ownership, authenticity or higher resale value.",
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 "category": null,
 "direct_answer": "Yes, but only for some parts of the resale journey. Persistent digital identity can reduce product-recognition, data re-entry and record-transfer friction where the resale or service system can resolve and use that identity. It does **not** prove legal ownership, authenticate the physical product or guarantee a higher resale price.",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-04",
 "verified_label": "Last verified",
 "datePublished": "2026-09-04",
 "dateModified": "2026-09-04",
 "legislation": [],
 "primary_sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://www.tesla.com/en_gb/support/how-add-or-remove-vehicles-tesla-app",
   "name": "Tesla, How to Add or Remove Vehicles in the Tesla App. Used for a production example where VIN plus separate ownership evidence supports transfer of digital service access after resale."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://devicecheck.gsma.com/rtlapp/faqs/",
   "name": "GSMA Device Check FAQs. Used for serial-identifier lost/stolen status lookup."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://devicecheck.gsma.com/rtlapp/termsOfUse",
   "name": "GSMA Device Check Terms of Use. Used for the limits on relying on device status as complete, permanent or ownership evidence."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.chloe.com/en-gb/sustainability/sourcing.html",
   "name": "Chloé, Digital ID sustainability and sourcing information. Used for the live Digital-ID route into resale and the acceptance of some eligible earlier items without a passport."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://chloe.vestiairecollective.com/assets/pdfs/Terms%20and%20Conditions%20-%20en.pdf",
   "name": "Chloé x Vestiaire Collective Resale-as-a-Service Terms and Conditions. Used for the separate condition input and the scanned or manual resale-entry routes."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://fashion-sustainability-report.vestiairecollective.com/media/site/eddac7b178-1687355851/23-vc-023.pdf",
   "name": "Vestiaire Collective, V. Impact Report 2023. Used for the documented scanned Digital-ID and prefilled resale workflow. It does not establish causal price or conversion uplift."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9709/13/8/121",
   "name": "Stookey and Lang, Digital Product Passports in Online Fashion Resale: Supporting Circular Fashion, Transparency, and Consumer Trust, 24 July 2026. Used for current survey evidence on perceptions and stated purchase intention, not observed transactions."
  },
  {
   "url": "/knowledge/guides/does-better-product-information-sell-more",
   "name": "ActivateDigital evidence review: What Is the Return on Better Product Data?"
  }
 ],
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#digital-product-passport"
 ],
 "watch": [],
 "decisions": [],
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